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A Reminder of Joy

News reports don’t always tell the whole story. Shoshannah Hernandez shares, through her own eyes, about some of the human beings behind the headlines from Ukraine. All are loved by Yahweh.

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Dramatization as Sense-Making

Guided discussions can also be used for sense-making. How have you used them to “present” new content?

August 26, 2026 · Leave a comment

Making Sense with Guided Discussions

Guided discussions can also be used for sense-making. How have you used them to “present” new content?

July 23, 2026 · 1 Comment

Audio/Visual Sense-Making

Objective exercises are another tool for sense-making. How have you used them to help learners figure out new information?

October 8, 2025 · 2 Comments

Filling the Gap with New Information

Information gap is another tool for sense-making. How have you used it to help learners figure out new information?

July 30, 2025 · 3 Comments

Making Sense with Objective Exercises

Objective exercises are another tool for sense-making. How have you used them to help learners figure out new information?

July 9, 2025 · 4 Comments

Games for Sense-Making

Finally, back on the topic of sense-making activities: How have you used games to help students figure out new information?

June 25, 2025 · 5 Comments

Using Speaking to Teach: Types of Sense-Making Activities

What are some different categories and types of sense-making activities? We share some ideas here. Then, we’d love to hear your ideas!

November 20, 2024 · 6 Comments

Sense-Making Activities

Today we start a series of posts that look at sense-making activities for the presentation phase of a lesson. Read on to see what we mean, and then participate–please–
by completing the Try It Out section at the end the post.

October 30, 2024 · 6 Comments

Ten Years and Onward

Master Teaching started in 2014. Join us in celebrating ten good years.

August 14, 2024 · Leave a comment

Holding Tomorrow

Join us as we commune with the Master Teacher about transitions that happen in the circumstances around us even when we stay.

June 26, 2024 · 1 Comment

Looking Up

Join us as we commune with the Master Teacher about transitioning back to our home country.

June 12, 2024 · 1 Comment

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